On Parkview board looks at balancing class sizes

Posted on April 21 at 12:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

"camper61" - If you look at the financials according to the referendum it looks like Footville needs $523,825 worth of repairs and Newark needs $177,020 - However the 2 little bathrooms at Newark do not need $78,000 worth of improvements. I'm not sure where they came up with that number, try maybe $10,000 which would bring the figures down to $108,420. That is a $420,000 difference. Even stating those numbers I am not suggesting we close Footville either. You will still need to maintain any school that you close and not have enough room to house all the students. Try cramming them into 2 schools the students will really be cramped then! That still will equal more money!

On Parkview board looks at balancing class sizes

Posted on April 21 at 9:16 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

This leaves me wondering why when the class sizes have been larger at Newark "action" was not needed? You didn't hear any complaining from Newark.

Also, the 22 student class size is taking into consideration that the students using School Choice will come to Parkview. Some people had to get their School choice paperwork in as a "just in case". 22 students is still considered to be a small class size compared with other schools. I think we need to stop worrying about why somebody else "gets a bigger apple than mine" and just work together to support the entire school district.

On Parkview referendum delayed

Posted on June 17 at 9:39 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

It is frustrating when people use an uneducated thought process when it comes to decision making. Everyone always has a quick answer or a quic fix! gallon76 - How would you feel if your 4 - 10 year old had to get up at 6am or so to ride a bus for an hour and a half or more, to go to school everyday? Then when they got to school there would be no room for them or a highly stressed out teacher because her class size was too large to manage or give a quality education? Do you know how hard the PTO works to provide things for Newark School? Some of the items that are on the referendum have been purchased for Newark already by the fundraising efforts of the families of Newark throught the PTO. These things are obtainable if the efforts are made by the community as a whole. It takes a village to raise a child. It's too bad that too many people have a "What's in it for me" attitude all the time. At the highest suggested tax increas of $54 a year that would mean giving up going out to lunch once a month ($4.50). Many of us spend much more than that. Suggesting to close Newark does not make sense at all. It would hurt the children of the Parkview district as a whole. PS - My mother always taught me to put myself in the other persons shoes first before judging. Let's give that a try. Thank you Newark Staff for always going above and beyond for our kids!